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An outfielder in his thirties has regression written all over it.

I would like to see what the Indians might want for Zach Plesac I would also try to find out what Boston would take for Andrew Benintendi, ,,,depending on the prognosis of his rib cage injury. It might be worth buying low on him.

He would fit well in the WSox outfield. Too bad the Rays don't make stupid trades.

Abreu will regress slightly with age, but his fundamentals and approach at the plate are rock solid. Pitchers cannot figure our where to pitch him and when they make a mistake, he almost always crushes it. If you re-sign McCann and bring up Vaughn to DH, you have the best of both worlds---a young hitter who is not under pressure because the Sox have a veteran RH hitter that can fill in or take over if Vaughn goes into a prolonged slump.

Madrigal isn't going to be traded. I doubt Kopech or Vaughn will be either. Stand pat. Hold on to your cards.

Will "stretching put" Crochet's arm in the minors possibly make it less likely that he will need TJ surgery (than if he pitched in the majors) ?

Maybe stand pat during hot stove and see how things go around the league given the Covid situation. If Kopech and Crochet are impressive in ST and look like they have the stuff to eventually make the starting rotation, maybe we don't need to trade for a TOR starter. The Sox are not going to trade Madrigal. He fits our line-up like a glove and is worth more to us than to other teams. Vaughn is somewhat of an unknown quantity . Right now Burgur and Vaughn look like they have a similar upside. Both can hit but they can't field any position very well or run the bases. Perhaps Sox scouts got too enamored with Schwarber before making those picks.

Sox really don't need to make many moves. Don't create a hole at second base by trading Madrigal who is a perfect fit on this team. If Kopech and Crochet make a starting rotation that already has Giolito and Keuchel that would be awesome. Sox would still have Cease/Rodon/Dunning/ ReyLo for the fifth spot or the bullpen. I would like the Sox to sign McCann and then hold their cards unless they get blown away with some trade offer.

Extensions were Jerry Reinsdorf's idea and his money. Reinsdorf met with Abreu and guaranteed he would be with the White Sox long term. Many posters here disagreed with Reinsdorf about that and thought Abreu should not be extended. Abreu was key to the sales pitch to the other Cuban nationals to sign on with the White Sox. .

Hahn does not share in the blame for poor management, decisions and trades...just the ones that work out.

I am glad that throwing at batters is not as big a part of the game as it was. Intentional injury shouldn't be part of any game.

Despite earlier indications by Jerry that he would prefer that his son Michael Reinsdorf not take over his ownership interest in the White Sox, I think that might be precisely what happens, just like the Halas family ownership interest in the Bears. Anyway, how much demand would there be for another Billionaire or ownership group to own the second team in the second city ? Any rumored offers for the team in the last decade ?

For all of his bad deals , Theo is a historically great GM because he put the finishing pieces on the Red Sox and Cubs World Series teams. Hmmm... If I was JR , I'd interview Theo and see how much he wants on a three year deal. No Rick, , EE , Mazara , Gio Gonzalez Kuechel, and Grandal, Cishek.. were not going to do it. Rick grew up a Cub fan and that job is now open, so this might be a perfect swap.

I am interested in finding out more about this. If you or anyone else has a link to a site with a story about it the ownership structure you describe please post it.

Jerry tried to do the right thing in his mind by hiring LaRussa. It was a mistake, but who hasn't made mistakes? Rich Fuking Hahn?

The average age of respondents to the poll is 17.

White Sox statement: “As Tony La Russa’s attorney said in his statement, Tony deserves all the assumptions and protections granted to everyone in a court of law, especially while this is a pending matter. Once his case reaches resolution in the courts, we will have more to say. The White Sox understand the seriousness of these charges.” End of story for now. The best LaRussa could hope for would be to Manage with a zero-tolerace policy to drinking any alcohol. and that might be stretch. Tony will likely enter a plea of guilty to the misdemeanor charge and accept probation and a fine. Then the Sox will hire another Manager and all of us can STFU about this mess.

One the day prior to the announcement that he would be Manager, was Tony convicted or were charges just brought against him ?

The DUI case was filed on Oct. 28 -- one day before La Russa was officially hired by the White Sox. It is quite possible that Tony did not mention the possibility that he might be charged for DUI ( for an incidental that occurred 8 months previously) when he interviewed with the White Sox . Obviously LaRussa hoped that Maricopa County would not charge him after all that time went by. I would wait for the Sox to make an official announcement before drawing any more conclusions.

I would prefer to see what Vaughn could do over at least 100 at=bats in the majors before assessing his trade value. 100 is a small sample size but ) is smaller. I would also like to see his range at 1B on balls hit to either side and his ability to dig balls from TA out of the dirt or catch high throws. I would have liked to see him up this year, but a decision was made by somebody (probably Hahn and KW) to keep EE in the line-up and Vaughn in Schaumburg. If it was up to me I would consider trading Vaughn for a young starter. I like Zach Plesac. I would throw in another prospect, player or some money to make that trade...perhaps Collins or ReyLo. If that got done I would definitely try to sign McCann for three years and have a platoon DH with Grandal/McCann/ Abreu and occasionally Eloy.

No one is going to forget all of the Executive Orders that Trump signed including green lighting the Keystone Excel, building a useless wall with Mexico, etc. Trump made a lot of unilateral moves - he withdrew from the Paris climate accord, the Iran nuke deal, put forth a policy to discourage immigrants by separating them from their kids, rammed a reactionary Judge that speaks in tongues onto the Supreme Court days before the election. Republican think everyone forgot what has been going on the past 4 years . They thinks that since Trump will only lose by 5 Million votes or so, it is now time for moderation, or what they think are moderate positions. The first thing they mention is "No Medicare for All." They then couple that with the false assertion that al Democrats want to defund Police. Well, police departments will be funded and hopefully some reforms will be instituted. However, Democrats are going to seek to reform healthcare and expand Medicare. And Biden is going to reverse many of Trump's Executive orders and policies. Elections have consequences as Trump was fond of saying. Trump pushed ideological pendulum pretty far Right with executive orders, judicial nominations and his divisive rhetoric. Now it is going to swing back and in some cases swing back hard. Personally, I am not deeply invested in most partisan political issues (i.e., abortion rights, gun rights, ) but I admit to disliking Trump for what he said, what he did, and who he was. I am glad to see him go. His supporters are disappointed now, but many of them will soon understand that he is just a pos who was out for himself.

Biden won because he's not Trump, not because Americans are overwhelmingly clamoring for M4A, a Green New Deal, and so on. MFA won't come overnight, but Covid-19 and other factors like fewer jobs offering Health Insurance coverage will make that inevitable. Biden has already mentioned lowering the age for Medicare. That's step one toward going full boat MFA. The Green New Deal? Not all at once but most of Trump's short sighted policies that have wreaked havoc on the environment will be reversed. Fracking will be allowed but regulated to ensure that methane is not released in the air. No fracking on public lands. Protection of our aquifers instead of allowing oil pipelines to be built over them. Electric auto manufacture and purchase will be subsidized again instead of drilling for oil and fracking. Biden will probably look to get back in the Iran nuke deal, get on board with the Paris Agreement, and undo the damage with allies that Trump has done. It's a new day, Bono.

Impeached, Infected and Removed.

Biden has NOT been denied a progressive mandate. That is a false narrative by Fox Newser/Trumpers who point out that Democrats lost House and Senate seats. However, the small red wave was mainly in areas that already skewed red and benefited from Trump ginning up his base. Look for Biden to undo every Trump Executive Order. There will be comeuppance and it is right around the corner. Well it was a good fight.

The point, as always, is that TLR has failed as a leader since being hired. The election is over. Move on.